Alverstoke Gosport Quotes

#1. He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue.

John Owen

#2. I was clasified as a 'Science Fiction' writer simply because I wrote about Schenectady.

Kurt Vonnegut

#3. In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought

Albert Bandura

#4. I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.

Marguerite Yourcenar

#5. There are people who say life is dull. Just a series of mundane events. But I can't agree. Things happen. Bet on that.

Victor LaValle

#6. I think you just gave me a mini-orgasm," I shared.
"If you get your ass over here, I'll give you one that is not mini.

Kristen Ashley

#7. I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.

Brandon Sanderson

#8. Getting permission to use a drone in Egypt was problematical.

Sarah Parcak

#9. The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

Adolf Loos

#10. Then draw near to nature. Pretend you are the very first man and then write what you see and experience, what you love and lose.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#11. In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

Aristotle.